21 Nov 07

Starting in the spring, scientists from the Smithsonian Institute used motion-triggered cameras to snap pictures of animals along a stretch of the famous footpath


08 Oct 05

“Sprawl isn’t what it used to be, some experts contend. Is it time we stopped worrying and learned to love the subdivision?”


28 Sep 05

“Civic authorities agree that the key to urban prosperity is appealing to the “hipster set” of gays, twentysomethings and young creatives. But the only evidence for this idea comes from the dot-com boom of the late 1990s—and that time is over.”


26 Sep 05

“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the “public use” provision of the “takings clause” of the 5th Amendment of the Constitution permits the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes that provide public benefit under a Connecticut statute.”


09 Nov 04

“People in established suburbs are moving out to vast sprawling exurbs that have broken free of the gravitational pull of the cities and now exist in their own world far beyond.”